The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-01 00:00:00

'~ land are tide in circulation, though without any foundation. There are at present at Erfurth two Emperors rind five Kings, with 70 other persons of distinalion. On the 4th inst. an English armed Ship was cast ashore at Schagenrif, the crew of which was brought into Alburg. It had six months provisions on board for three hundred men, as also uniforms, arms, and ammunition ) tctlie value•of a hundred thousand rix-dollars. ..,Every thing on .board will be saved. MbICTPELLIP.R, OCT. 6.—The last letters from POttf:gnan contain some accounts respecting the events of the 25th Ult. between obritroops and the Spanish rebels. Three thousand French had escort ed, to Figuires a considerable convoy. On their re tt'irn they met the rebels in the neighbourhood of Jtiliquieres, and there gave battle. Our troops ob tained every qaantiiget; the 'insurgents had many Killed and wounded, and alive Aoo were taken. pri soners. The remaining inditents fled to the moun tains. OPT. 3.--LThe Couzant. of this City stated to-day, that_ the. Alcade, by the . order of his Excellency the Minister of Police, has published a tfiandate, forbidding any one to harbour a fOreigner, without giving notice - of% in twenty-four hours ; it aredts also, that all foreigners shall provide them selves with a licence, and that all who shalt not be so' provided, together with the citizens or innkeepers whosshall give them lodging, shall be considered as sple3 or their accessaries. • MAILS. Aattivtu—t Coruna, t Heligoland. IME-1 Gaten burgh, I Dublin, s Watesford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DA Y AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. cp1593.5 - - - 67i Omnithp - - par THE SUN. 41)LC14 QUI& DICZILL FALSUM AUDIAT L 0 IV, TUESDAY, NOVEIIt . I3 - j,' 1808. LAST night we received Dutch Papers to the 21st tilt. which contain , news from Paris to the 17th. We 'did not expect to receive any distira infortha ;ion respeaing the objet is of the conferences at Erfurth, but there appears strong reason to believe • 'that, BUONAPARTE is alarmed at the situation in which his ambition and per f dy have placed him, and that he is resolved far, the.present to conciliate those whom he has Ilithertvi treated - with .the most ncelenting - cruelty.. IfpoiC this principle alone can we account for the sudden alteration in his conducl to the KING Of PRUSSIA. It is stated diat the QuEr.N . of PRUSSIA had written a Let- ter to ALEXANDER, to •request his mediation with BOOOAiARTE, and that the Letter was answer ed by BqONAPARTE, who soured Her Majesty lfr.t the arrears of - Contributions laid upon the l'russian Status, amounting to an enormous sum, should be remitted, and the French Troops with 'draWo from the Prussian Fortresses. These con cesssions we are convinced he would not have made in consequence of the entreaties of a Princess•whom he formerly treated with brutal . ii suit ; nor do We betteve evell the interpoiition'of ALEXANDER could have produced such an alteration in his system, if the Usurper was not apprehensive the. storm which has b , irst upon hinr:With such unexpe6ted fury in the South of ,- Europe, might extend to the North. This apprehension has deterred him from pouring his armies into Spam but he now, hopes, by a little concession and .conciliation, to lull the Continental Powers into tranquillity, while he pursues his designs against the Spaniards; ?nd after what we have seen of Conti nental P014i;...5, we should not be surprised to see' his artifice, coarse as it is, succeed. WE shall persevere in tlib l iinciple which we first adopted respeCiing the Cortv i ention of Cintra, in not condemning that measure, tv its authors, but wait ing the resujt of that investigation . which has been promised by His MAJESTY, and which we know that Ministers are zealous to carry into effect, in the .manner best calculated to promote the ends of jus 4ice, and satisfy the expe&ation of the Nation, what ever falsehoods faEtious men may circUia e, and whatever suspicions they may labour 'to excite. But _ w hile we shall patiently and confidently await the result of Inquiry, _we cannot help noticing 'the gross 'and shameless inconsistency of the Opposition Wri ters. .At first they poured all their venom upon the Authors of the Convention, without knowing,any thing of the reasons upon which it was founded, and consequently whether it was politic or otherwise. But as if wholly forgetful , Of all their former attacks upon the British Coninianle - rs concerned in the . Convention, those Writers ktovr say, with equal :ignorance and equal audacity, that those Command ers are not to blame, but that the fault is .wholly imputable. to Ministers What, can be thought of uric Writers, tint that in pursuit of their factious views they erc become insensible to truth, to con- docr, and to decency ! ! We have this morning; received some Humbura4 *'aper . s : they contain no nQw t sexcept a report, which to be unfounded, that C , _e 11:13sian Fleet in SC kno s i) or.t Ea;tic We recaiv;ul some kioalush Papirs, • whiQh we have nlacic somo Eau-2ag. i; ; SPAIVISH .PPE RS'. SARAGOSSA, OCT. 6. MANIFESTO TO THE INHABITANTS oy SARAGOSSA. " The heroic defence of Saragossa, which has been made by the magnanimous inhabitants of that city and its'vicinity, is -the objea .of adin - iration to all parties, and will be so to future ages. The con stancy, inflexibility, and calmness with which they resisted the incessant assault of an enemy who every day attacked, and every day was conquered, skew that their hearts, animated by the most noble senti; ments, evince that those virtues which best secure the independence of a people, are not lost to Spain, and at the same time teach us what may be clone by a people determined to be free. I have been a con stant witness, and have ever seen them as great in their resolves as noble in their deeds. The hap piest of my days will be that in which I shall inform my beloved King FERDINAND VII. what they deServe for their fidelity, their valour, their, loyalty, .and the ardent . affe&ion with which they adore him. But till that day arrives, what they • have done shall not remain without a distinguished mark to perpetuate its memory. Wherefore, re -serving to myself td, distribute particular rewards to such individuals as may have merited them, by eminent services, as soon a3I shall have received ac counts sufficiently accurate to enable me to make a just distribution, I have resolved to grant,. as I do grant, in the name of our august Sovereign and • Lord Don FERDINAND VII. to all the inhabitants of the vicinity of the citynnd its distrias, that they now and hereafter shall always ,enjoy the privilege never to be adjudged by any Tribunal, in any case except for treason or blasphemy, to any disgraceful punish ment, which privilege shall be perpetual, irrevocable, and peculiar to all the Citizens of whatever class, sex, age, and condition they •may- be, without any person offering to contradia or a& contrary to its tenor; but on the contrary, all shall be care ful punctually to fulfil and execute it, for which end an Edia shall be passed authorised by the Royal Au dience,' and transmitted to the Hall of .lustice, and the Magistracy of the City ; and that it may be known to all, it shall be published on the vigil of the City's most . sacred proteaor, our Lady of Pilar, by proclamation, with trumpets, &c. in the accustomed form, and shall be fixed up in the public places and circulated besides in all the cities, towns, and villages of the kingdom, that to all may be known the just reward of the valour, fidelity, and constancy of this capital, which has given tne the most heart-felt pleasure. " JOSEPH DE PALAFOX Y MELZI. 6, Head-quarters, Saragossa, Sept. zo, tSoB." ARAN JUEZ, OCT. 13.—Among the important and urgent objets which claim the attention of the Su preme Central Junta of the Kingdom, it will not ' lose sight of the encouragement which - should-be given to agriculture, the arts, commerce, and naviga-' tion, the maw Springs of natonal wealth. They will, with this View,' avail themselves of all the means which existing circumstances may atford. At tending to the invariable principles of ju,tice and equity, they will -not disregard the obligations contra&ed by . the .CroWn, and which form the pa- trimony of a considerable number of familiei. They will take care. that the allowances to widows, pen sions, annuities, the interest of the vales, and other demands of a similar nature, shall be paid with due punauality, notwithstanding the immense funds ne cessary for subsisting, arming, -and cloathing the troops. They will take - an exa6t account of the debt, and the produce of the annual revenues; catc::lly attend to the distribution branches them ; esta blish co m plete economy i n a ll the branches of finan cial administration ; radically remove all the abuses introduced therein by the old Government ; and suc cessively suppress the innumerable useless or unne cessary offices ; simplifying, as far as possible, the revenne system, and placing it under the dire6tion of men distinguished for zeal, activity,, and pa triotism. The retrenchments effe6led in the enormous ex pe'nces of the Royal Household, and those to which the nation was put by the ambitious favourite, the cause of all the evils we, are now suffering, will considerably 'diminish the imposts on , the towns ,and villages, and the toil of their worthy inha bitants. They will be appropriated to the main tenance of our heroic defenders, instead of support ing the pride and corruption of GODOI and his sa tellites. The sale of the property of all those who have leagued themselves with the corrmion enemy, and those whose prior condual has justly incurred the same confiscation, will considerably augment the revenues of the State ; and the Supreme Junta, as a proof of the purity of its sentiments, will an nually publish a printed statement s containing the sum total of the funds accruing from the revenues, donative, and contributions of . Spain and the In -1 dies, with the repartition thereof, providing for the equal and impartial colleCtion of the imposts. Tltc J unta solemnly recognizes the national debt, and notifies, that as to all credits and accounts itf:th the Royal Hacienda, yet unliquidated, or though quidated, still susceptible of further correetiOn, it will proceed to eptnine and correct them previous to tleir being allowed and passed and for the infor mation and dire Lion of the Public, the Junta ha ordered these pieSents to be communicated to the Council, and circulated in every part of the nation. Arajuez, 13th Oft. 180$. ;.--~-„ CORUNNA, OCT. 25.—The disembarkation of the English troops has commenced, and " will continue daily, to the amount of 3000 men. These will pro?:eed on ,their march direEtly, and will be fol lowed 'by others, when they are sufficiently ad vanced. Not more than a battalion' can proceed at a time, on account of the want of accommodations on the road :, The whole will meet at Burgos, where they will juin general MOOR S , who is adyancing hither from Portugal, with about 15,000 tnpn more. His Britannic Majesty's Ship iipzella sailed this morning with transports, having on board the 27th and 3ist Regiments. Their destination is said to be Lisbon. Mr. FliEßE'and suite lac this place yes terday morning for Madrid. On the 14th instant, which was F4RDINAND'S birth-day, the mob at Madrid broke the windows of Baron STROGONOIT, the Russian Ambassador; in consequence of which he has demanded his passports; but it was not ex pected he would quit the city. The Junta proposed sonic satisfaction for the insults. No news, from General BLAKE. BALMASEpA, OCT. B.—Our armies are already concentrated here, and a battle is daily expected.— General PENA is at Irun with 1200 infantry, and 1000 cavalry. CASTANOS is in front of Vittoria. The army of Asturias, consisting of 10,000 men, has passed through Villarcayo, and have by this join ed the main army. SARAGOSSA, OCT. s.—The Governor and'Cap'tain General of the Kingdom taking into consideration the desire expressed by his -Excellency CHARLES WILLIAM DOYLE, Major in his British . Majesty's service, to be employed in the army of Arragon, and to take part in the glorious efforts made by the na- . tion in defence of its independence ; and being anxious to demonstrate the high estimation in Which he holds the qualities - which adorn this Gentleman, and the noble and generous intentions of the British Government, he transmitted to him a Commission as Field Marshal. He has acknowledged the receipt of this appointment in the following' terms : " The honour which your Excellency has con ferred upon me by the appointment of Field Mar shal excites my particular gratitude. It is highly flattering to the best feelings of my-heart. " To , have the satisfaciion of being one among the soldiers of the Army of Arragon is, doubtless , very grateful to my feelings; and I trust that I shali, be enabled to afford a proof that lam not altogether unworthy of so high an honour. ' • " I must confess that so honoural?le a distina ion is the more gratifying to me, inasmuch as it proves, that my anxious zeal , and exertions in the common and glorious cause in which we are all engaged have been well received, and that they have merited the approbation of your Excellency. I assure you that I shall continue my most assiduous exertions, and en deavour to prove that this high mark of distinaion has not been conferred upon a person undeserving of , . it, and certainly not upon one insensiMe to the ho nour which has been bestowed upon him. Your Excellency will be pleased .to indulge_ me in my 're 7 , quest, that 'the pay and emoluments attached to my . r ank of Field Marshal should be appropriated to the relief of those wino have suffered so much at Sara gossa, from the repeated attacks of the enemy. " I have the honotir to place,thyself under your Excellency's orders, and am, &c, " C. W. DOYLE." " Madrid, Sepi. 29, 1808." A Mail from Lisbon arrived yesterday, the first . which has been received from thence for near a twelvemonth. The Papers received by this convey ance contain no material intelligence, but the private letters confirm our former accounts of the departure of Sir JOHN MOORE and his army for Spain, and add, that a division of the British army was to be embarked for the Mediterranean, in order to be landed in Catalonia, The people of Lisbon con tinued their rejoicings in consequence of-the' de-: parture of the French troops. On the I ult. the British Officers gave a most splendid entertainment to the Nobility and principal Merchants resident id Lisbon. The Opera House was engaged and brit= liantly illuminated and decorated on the occasion. It is stated 'in thdlast advices from the West In dies, that an Expedition is forming for the purpose of proceeding against the Islands of Guadaloupe and Martinique. both of which are supposed to be so much distressed for provisions, &c. that the inhabi tants would gladly embrace an opportunity to place themselves under the ppoteaion of the British Go vernment. The Ponpie and Neptune Men of War, which sailed some time ago from Plymouth, it is knowp, were destined to take part in the Exredi tion. The former ship passed Madeip on the 26jh ult. in her passage to the West Indies, and the latter on the.3oth. On Sunday morning the Consecration of Dr. MADMLL, (Master of Trinity College; Cambridge,) as Uishop of ,t 3 risto 1, took place at La4teth Palacw. ILIMBURGII PdPirihr;S. 8ANX.4 5 04, TUE ELBE, SEPT. 30.—An Estafette is said Joahatie arrived at Rostock yesterday morning widil i tiA glorious intelligence of the destruaion of the whole Russian Fleet, under the command of Admiral CHBNIXOW, which had taken refage in Baltic Port, where it had been hitherto blockaded by the Combined British and Swedish Fleets. Only three Ships are said to have been saved, and all the rest are said to have shared the same fate a s th e Fleet at Aboukir, in Egypt. It is hoped this excellent news will prove as true as the taking the Russian Fleet at Lisbon. §o i qie persons think the meeting of the two E.rn perora.,4s for its ,objeel the additional settlement of the fate of Germany, Italy, the Pope, Spain, and Portugal, by a kind of politital Treaty. Others think that ultimate proposals of Peace will be Made to Great Britain, which, if refused, the Russian expedition against the East Indies is immediately to go forwar[l.. All the French and Dutch troops have by this time evacuated,the Danish D u tehi es of Holstein and Schleswick. week ago tie Contingent of . the n Dutch troops escorted about woo Spanish Officers and soldiers, as prisoners of war to the dungeons of Wesel, others are sent to Cassel and Spandau. Never was treatment so extremely severe- They are locked up, in their long and p a inful marches, in churches 41a old buildings, and brea4 and vc,:ater is 'their fare.—The Officers are quartered upo!a citizens. ..41V HISTORICAL CF THE CAMPAIGN OF BUONAPARTE IN ITALY, IN THE YEARS 1796 AND 1797. BATTLE OF LODI. Hitherto, BUONAPARTE had not met BEAULIEU; and although be boasts not only of having seen, btlt° of having defeated him twice, although he Y , published it With an intrepidity which merits a veg . dinent , name, yet it was at L o di th a t t h ese G e ne' rals were .opposed to eachother for the first time! The nett General must have perceived; on.tlyt r'4° tporable:‘day, that he had to deal with an Officer ° f . some experienCe. 'He opens therefore his otficia account, with a confession of the extreme Per '! which he had encountered. I give it in his ° lf ( words : • ‘!‘ I thought that the passage of the PO would / ?i ) the most daring operation of the whole campa4 v f as the battle of Milleimo was tit: but I have now to give you an account of the b4 t115 - of Lodi.'' And, indeed, he does give an account of it ; still : in his own method, that is, with exagger2 i ti 9 o '! vapouring, and falsehoOd. It is his habit, and, if may so express myself, his indelible charai. hatred of truth is, at least, equal to his atnbitio n • and fiqo are unbounded. Let us nuw hear hill speakiofahis day, truly famoq. ‘f My a% ant-guard carried the enemy's posts, 4 °4 • took one pio.ce of cannon. We entered Lodi pursuit of the enemy, '.kho had already passed, lb? bridge of the Adda. BE:: LT:.I7-:12:, all. his ar°` was drawn up in order of battle; .['irt.)-r'i)i!,,cos - defe'nded the passage of the briLi s :_•; ed my batteries against it, and for soveral . h,GLl!" s t ~t o y h cannonade was terrible. Th e i nstant the e ",: cie d came up, it was formed in c l ose co l umns , ." by ; the second battalion of cara bi neers, an d C9l' - d by all the grenadiers, t o a l' qu i c k march,* and to the c; ies of Yive In lie putlique j It reached bridge; the enemy opened a dreadful fire ; and t4° column appeared even to hesitate. A moment longer and all would have been lost I The Generals BO' , s j e r THIER, M ASS EN A , CERVONI, ALLEMAG E , t h e 00 1 , -- of brigade LASNES, and the chief of a hattalil DurAT, perceived the danger, rus h e d t o the b e3 i of the troops, and decided the event, yet trenibl.447 itn the balance t" " This redoubtable masse ove r th rew every -1 g that opposed it ; all the artitl e i-y was i nstan q s e i z e d , BEAULIELes order of battle broken, and terror, fliV, 4 ' and death, scattered on every side! In the twil l : l s ling of pn eye the enemy's army was dispersed' &c. Here have the true stile of litiorrApAs ° i On , his , t4de, rapid and glorious victory on that 44 1 4Ki1y; prompt and deciiive defeat, He ,be cits -{ob„ pursues the foe : his redoubtable masse overt!,°`4 s r 5 every thing, takes all the Austrian artillery, be ;le c , terror, flight, and death ; and, in th e i%;;inl‘li`'' of an eye, the enemy's army flies i n all 01 4 tions * • To bt continued.] n biasti: 1 . 1 I know not what impression t he se i',ulictins, bur cal, so gigantic, .and so arrogant, may make on others,,on they inspire me with the greatest distrust, and '`` e ,!' ;hat tempt fur him who. writes them.. I would a l‘va 5 b e `' j owl a roan who expresses himself in this manner, NS 2 iiilu.Lunteeling soul. - It was not sd that Su wg g° , l . , i ' l irca QT,expressed themselves, heroes that will bt , 0 by tie" latest posterity I Accustomed to victory, of themselves with a sublime mo6lesty ; they rei er e - rr ost theitilcpyao others; and, above all, they rendered 560%9 4Rmage to that Divine Providence, ;i a who, ,de reBnlateS - by his Almighty powei, the late of bat de. according to his good picasure, vic - O r . l - 1%,4,